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Virtual politics : faking democracy in the post-Soviet world / Andrew Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Andrew, 1961-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
Description
xviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Stokes Library - Wallace Hall (SPIA)
JN6581 .W47 2005
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Subject(s)
Politics, Practical
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Former Soviet republics
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Legitimacy of governments
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Former Soviet republics
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Mass media
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Political aspects
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Former Soviet republics
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Former Soviet republics
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Politics and government
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Summary note
"This book uncovers the sophisticated techniques of the 'virtual' political system used to legitimise post-Soviet regimes: entire fake parties, phantom political rivals and 'scarecrow' opponents. And it exposes the paramount role of the mass media in projecting these creations and in falsifying the entire political process."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-318) and index.
Contents
Introduction
'Active measures' : a Russian tradition
Politics as virtuality in the post-Soviet world
The 'political technologist' : Machiavelli as corporate adviser
'Administrative resources'
Politics as theatre : disguising the state holding company
How many towers in the Kremlin? the 'many-layered pie'
Dishing the opposition
Inventing the opposition : Kremlin parties
Inventing the opposition : virtual communists
Conclusions.
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ISBN
0300095457 ((cl. ; : alk. paper))
9780300095456 ((cl. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2004029345
OCLC
57236118
International Article Number
9780300095456
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